19th December 1964

1

(1)

I Feel Fine

The Beatles

Parlophone R 5200

2

(2)

I'm Gonna Be Strong

Gene Pitney

Stateside SS 358

3

(4)

Downtown

Petula Clark

Pye 7N 15722

4

(3)

Little Red Rooster

The Rolling Stones

Decca F 12014

5

(5)

Walk Tall

Val Doonican

Decca F 11982

6

(9)

I Understand

Freddie & The Dreamers

Columbia DB 7381

7

(13)

Somewhere

P.J. Proby

Liberty LIB 10182

8

(14)

No Arms Can Ever Hold You

The Bachelors

Decca F 12034

9

(6)

Pretty Paper

Roy Orbison

London HLU 9930

10

(10)

I Could Easily Fall

Cliff Richard & The Shadows

Columbia DB 7420

11

(16)

Blue Christmas

Elvis Presley

RCA 1430

12

(11)

Message To Martha (Kentucky Bluebird)

Adam Faith

Parlophone R 5201

13

(8)

Baby Love

The Supremes

Stateside SS 350

14

(29)

Yeh Yeh

Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames

Columbia DB 7428

15

(20)

Terry

Twinkle

Decca F 12013

16

(15)

There's A Heartache Following Me

Jim Reeves

RCA 1423

17

(25)

Girl Don't Come

Sandie Shaw

Pye 7N 15743

18

(7)

All Day And All Of The Night

The Kinks

Pye 7N 15714

19

(21)

What Have They Done To The Rain

The Searchers

Pye 7N 15739

20

(19)

Genie With The Light Brown Lamp

The Shadows

Columbia DB 7416

21

(12)

Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um

Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders

Fontana TF 497

22

(17)

Losing You

Dusty Springfield

Philips BF 1369

23

(-)

Go Now

The Moody Blues

Decca F 12022

24

(28)

Beatles For Sale (LP)

The Beatles

Parlophone PMC 1240

25

(22)

He's In Town

The Rockin' Berries

Piccadilly 7N 35203

26

(24)

Walk Away

Matt Monro

Parlophone R 5171

27

(-)

Like A Child

Julie Rogers

Mercury MF 838

28

(-)

Cast Your Fate To The Wind

Sounds Orchestral

Piccadilly 7N 35206

29

(-)

Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day

Brenda Lee

Brunswick 05921

30

(-)

Ferry Cross The Mersey

Gerry & The Pacemakers

Columbia DB 7437

 

 

 

 It happened this week...

Sunday 20th... Rebels massacred 15 British missionaries in the Congo

Monday 21st... MPs voted to abolish the death penalty

Wednesday 23rd... British Railways chief Lord Beeching was sacked by the government

Wednesday 23rd... Eddie Vedder, lead singer with Pearl Jam, was born

Thursday 24th... A hurricane killed 7,000 in Ceylon and the Indian province of Madras

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